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PubMed1999

[Radiation diagnosis of spleen changes in flying personnel of fighter and helicopter aviation].

Some specific alterations of the spleen in flying personnel of fighter and helicopter aircraft have been elucidated. Regular patterns of splenomegaly appear to be linked with the adverse effects of air flight. The ultrasonic investigation was proved to be one of the most significant elements of the diagnostic algorithm used to determine the size and structure of the glandular parenchyma. The X-ray computer tomography and methods of computational analysis are no more than ancillary tools to get better insight into syntopy of the organ and surrounding tissues. The radionuclide investigation provides tentative data concerning the functional state of the organ.

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PubMed1999

[Aviation medicine problems in otorhinolaryngology].

The physico-technical conditions during flight change the physiology of the paranasal sinus, of the middle ear and of the teeth especially due to decompression. Clinical problems and the possibility of prophylaxis and therapy before and under flying conditions are declared. Aerosinusitis, -otitis and aerodontalgia are discussed. The hearing system under conditions of aircraft noise, noise protection for passengers and pilots are explained as some advises for flying with implanted hearing aids. The kinetosis as a disturbed physiological process connected with the kinetic stimulus of flying, the influence of their origin and their strengthening or prevention are described.

Aerospace Medicine↗
PubMed1999

[How does aviation find the ideal pilot? Suitability testing: applicability to surgery? Methods for determining basic occupational suitability].

Pilot skills have a large influence on flight safety. A pilot needs certain basic abilities which cannot be trained. Specific tests are used to find out if someone has the required talents. A thorough selection process reduces the average pilot failure rate from about 30% to less than 3%. Studies proved that psychomotoric tests have a high prognostic validity. Modern surgery requires a high degree of spatial orientation and hand-eye-coordination. A specially developed test scenario could be used to predict career-success of a future surgeon.

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PubMed1999

Dystonia, botulinum neurotoxin, and the aviator.

Dystonia is both a symptom and the name for group of illnesses called the dystonias. The physical manifestation consists of sustained, involuntary contractions of the muscles in one or more parts of the body, resulting in twisting or distortion of that part of the body. For focal dystonias including torticollis, blepharospasm and spasmodic dysphonia, botulinum toxin injections have become the treatment of choice because of the ability of this toxin to sufficiently weaken the muscle to reduce the spasm but not so much as to cause paralysis. This paper involves the fate of four airmen all afflicted with a form of dystonia who had been reviewed in the Aeromedical Certification Division of the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute.

Aerospace Medicine↗
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[The determination of the rehabilitative reserve for the purpose of aviation medical expertise in personnel with degenerative-dystrophic changes in the cervical spine combined with the initial manifestations of cerebral blood-supply insufficiency].

Overall, thirty-two pilots presenting with degenerative and dystrophic changes in the cervical portion of the spine associated with incipient manifestations of brain blood-supply insufficiency received a non-drug rehabilitative treatment. Studied before and after rehabilitation were systemic cerebral hemodynamics and vegetogenic tonus. Assessment of time-related course of cerebral circulation during the administration of rehabilitative treatments with the rehabilitative reserve being determined is believed to be an objective criterion for the pilot fitness.

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